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His Duty

1909 7 min EN U.S.

Directed by D.W. Griffith ♦

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Synopsis

It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him with a cap, personalized with his initals in the lining. Jack then goes to work and Bob goes out also. Later in the evening, Jack is called to the scene of a robbery, where he finds the cap with his brother's initials. Dismayed by the idea that his brother is a thief, he goes home and confronts Bob with the evidence. Though it breaks their mother's heart, Jack does his duty and leads his brother out in handcuffs.

Cast Crew Production

Frank Powell
as Jack Allen
Owen Moore
as Bob Allen
Kate Bruce
as The Sons' Mother
Marion Leonard
as Woman in store
Mary Pickford
as A young woman in the street
David Miles
as Proprietor
Robert Harron
as One of the Children on the Street
Arthur V. Johnson
as Man in Store
Violet Mersereau
as One of the Children on the Street
Jack Pickford
as One of the Children on the Street